Parrots are everywhere here!!!

A Day in Melbourne

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October 3rd 2010
After close to 30 hours, between layovers and flight time, I arrived in Melbourne early yesterday evening. I took a few hours to get settled and shower and went to sleep until early this morning. My plan was to see everything I could in Melbourne today. It is now close to 7pm and I think I did pretty well. Melbourne is a stunningly beautiful city and like everywhere else I have traveled (outsi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more